République française was an 118-gun of the French Navy launched in 1802. Renamed Majestueux in 1803, the ship was completed that same year. She played a minor role during the Napoleonic Wars before being scrapped in 1839.
Description The Océan-class ships had a length of at the gun deck a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced 5095 tonneaux and had a mean draught of . They had a tonnage of 2,794–2,930 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 1,117 officers and ratings. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged with a sail area of .Winfield & Roberts, pp. 44–46
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Océan class consisted of thirty-two 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck, thirty-four 24-pounder long guns on the middle gun deck and on the upper gundeck were thirty-four 12-pounder long guns. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of eighteen 8-pounder long guns and six 30-pounder obusiers.Winfield & Roberts, p. 46
Career
République Française was laid down at the Arsenal de Rochefort on 23 March 1794, although construction soon stopped. It was resumed on 22 March 1800 by Entreprise Destouches and the ship was launched on 18 April 1802. She was renamed Majestueux on 5 February 1802, commissioned on 1 August 1803 and completed later that month.
The ship took part in Allemand's expedition of 1805.Roche, p. 293 She was stricken from the navy list on 26 January 1839, decommissioned on 11 April and subsequently broken up.
Citations
References
Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing.